Aside from instances where the movie is the battle (waterloo, gettysburg, etc.), are there any decently historically accurate battles in any mainstream movies or TV shows?
>Gladiator
no
>Braveheart
disgusting
>Rome (HBO)
otherwise pretty good, but the battles are basically fucking slideshows
>Vikings
absolutely horrendous
why is this?
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Alexander had a great battle
You mean, the battle of IssuGaugaNicus?
The opening scene of Rome shows the Romans fighting in a non-retarded manner: youtube.com
(Not so much for the Gauls)
It's hard to coordinate battles user. Heck, most choreographers can't even seem to handle 1 on 1 fights
Lawrence of Arabia
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By the way, this is the greatest movie of all time, so go watch it already.
Why do the Gauls look like Dacian cavemen
>Has a sado-homo scene
The greatest movie indeed.
You might take a look at Bondarchuk's War and Peace.
ZULU
The battle of gaugamela is featured in the film
No, it isn't. A mix of all the main battles of the campaign is. It had a nice soundtrack though, so it evens out.
It's clearly Gaugamela and pretty accurately depicts it to boot. Name one thing about it lifted from Issus.
Master and commander, obviously
Bondarchuk "war and peace"
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The Last of the Mohicans have awesome siege scene, must to watch.
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Soviet film "Heroes of shipka" have some good battle scenes.
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That scene shows at most 8 men at a time fighting, it's hardly a full battle scene. The focus is more on Pullo disobeying orders which is why he's sent to be killed later
Check out BBC's Copenhagen movie. The one with Daniel Craig and Stephen Rea
Barry Lyndon has pretty accurate warfare, they even take cover in forts when they're available instead of everyone always fighting in a line
wrong
Rome (HBO) was never about the battles so I wasn't that upset. Although I was pretty disappointed how they handled Pharsalus, although it seems like they learned their lesson and did a pretty cool-looking Philippi.
>Vikings
To be honest, this show is mostly fiction
-They made the mythological early 9th century character Ragnar Lothbrok be brother with the real late 9th century historical character Rollo
-They merged the 845 and the 885 Sieges of Paris
-They had Rollo receive Normandy after some betrayal (wtf) in said Paris siege, rather than after his defeat in another siege decades later like it actually happened (911 Siege of Chartres)
-They had Alfred the Great be the result of Athenwulf being cucked by a monk
I won't even talk about all the muslim shit, I didn't even bother watching the recent seasons
1. Fuck you Gladitor is best film.
2. Zulu is a great film for a long battle, nice acting and pretty balanced views on the conflict.
3. Try out BBC's War and Peace, some pretty awesome orchestra and battle moments.
4. This one is a must, Kajaki or some stupid fucking name for the Yank release, tells the true story of a group of UK soliders caught in a Soviet minefield in Afghanistan which went on for 6 hours, sounds slow but is a perfect demonstration of an insurgent based conflict and the stress it can bring. Think less American Hurt Locker
(And yeh I am an Eternal Anglo)
Watched new seasons cause I have prime, pure fucking shit
"Gladiator" is a complete piece of shit. Completely historically inaccurate.
You don't get 5 Oscars for being a 'piece of shit'
and noone's saying its a bloody documentary of Rome, just its a brilliant film
>Rome (HBO) was never about the battles so I wasn't that upset.
Me (op) neither, but I was just looking for good battles. I really like rome, and it is very good at portraying events and interactions between characters, but unfortunately when your setting is the late roman republic it is hard to do that without battles.
Also the casting is kind of odd for some characters. Brutus has a terrible case of anglo teeth, Vorenus looks nordic, and the second actor for Augustus looks nothing like the first.
>BBC
>war and peace
>Vorenus looks nordic
>possibly the most Scottish person in the world
>"looks Nordic"
THE OLD GUARD HAVE BROKEN
This bad boy
>BBC
> war and peace
>Vorenus looks nordic
first of all hes scottish and he plays a gaul.
>You don't get 5 Oscars for being a 'piece of shit'
Yes you do you fucking idiot. Taking Hollywood as a judge of quality shows you are retarded.
there isnt a single black, gay, trans, feminist or whatever in that show.
If that was what you were wondering.
So apart from muh historical accuracy you dont like it because other people liked it?
oh yeah fair, surprised me as well
I know he's scottish, but look at his hair, his eyes, and his forehead. They certainly look more nordic than mediterranean
He doesn't play a gaul, they'd never let a gaul be a centurion in the gallic campaigns.
reminds me of this
Rome 2- The Wehrmacht Boogaloo
>Vorenus looks nordic
So he was casted properly :)
"Race: Roman "
As you can see: Romans were Nordic looking :)
He does play a Gaul, there's even a scene where people cunt at him for not being Roman enough.
well played
>and he plays a gaul.
He doesn't play a Gaul, there's just a scene where citizens mock him for appearing Gaulish.
all he says in response is "I won't deny that I have a gallic look about me"
see:
Oh, and I thought this is going to be an accurate show... :(
but nah, they are forcing thier m*dsoyboy bullshit as well...
At least they admited Gauls were Nordic...
Barely outside of the 25 year rule but Black Hawk Down is surprisingly accurate from a technical standpoint. Albeit the movie is obviously politically skewered and they had to condense 100 participants' experiences into 25 characters.
I like how you bitch about Anglos and Nordics but have no problem with Vorenus' wife played by a fucking Indian Gypsy.
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>/pol/ tier race bullshit
Pick one
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And yes, Rome was Nordic...
This blond actor could pass as Augustus :)
Sieg heil!
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Niobe could pass for greek or southern italian, and she wasn't as major as brutus, vorenus, or octavian
The bit where Alexander was dismounted and attacked by multiple assailants and Craterus hacks off the arm of one.
That was during the battle of the Granicus River, where 4 Persian commanders ganged up on Alexander and wouldve killed him until his buttbuddy Somatophylakes saved his ass.
The military shit is accurate but I hate how they got bantu niggers and West Africans playing Somalis. Breaks the immersion completely.
What I am getting from this is he is playing a naturalized Gaul who's family served in the auxiliary
Also if we want to get picky both Titus and Vorenus are mentioned in Caesar's writings 'The Gallic Wars'
No, she can't. She looks like a Gypsy. Statistically you'd have higher chance of finding a Nordic in Rome than a Pajeet.
This is the dumbest shit ever.
"Rossini" is the most popular surname in Italy to this day, and it means "red-haited".
So why the fuck did they think that it was just a Gaulish trait?
>statistically
provide your statistics
>they have certain hair and eye colors so they must belong to the nordic race
with just those colors as evidence, they may as well be slavic
How many Pajeets were there in Rome?
>they have certain hair and eye colors so they must belong to the nordic race
Augustus was predominantly Nordic too according to the great German race scientist Hans F. K. Günther
How many Swedes were there in Rome?
There were Gauls and Germanics who can look Nordic.
There were Greeks and Italians who can look Northen Indian.
Nope.
That's not Issus.
But yeah, good point, that particular part is not from Gaugamela. That's the only part.
Yup.
lolno Pajeet
lolno Giancarlo
So you admit you're a butthurt Pajeet who unironically thinks Gyppos look Med?
So you admit you're a butthurt Italian who unironically thinks Swedes look Gallic?
Answer my question
Provide statistics showing that there were more nords than indians in ancient Rome
That's cheating though because they actually killed zulus
There were literally 0 Indians in Rome.
Considering at various points the Persians had the Hindu Kush incorporated into their empire it wouldn’t be massively outlandish to say that there might be one or two in what was at one point the most populated city in the world.
>ywn lightly stab knaves whilst their clubs bounce off your full plate
Because the Dacians were celts but the thracians and Phrygians weren’t
>tfw you can’t hire out suicidal actors to die in battle
I would watch that one but I 'aven't got me telly licence
She looks pretty med tho
Anyway we’re never told how they met and Indians did visit Augustus’ court
Vorenus is suppoused to be descended from TransAlpine Gauls, showing how ‘Roman’ did not just mean the children of Aeneas, or Romulus, or the latin people but all good men of Rome
>Brutus has Anglo teeth
No he has buck teeth that doesn’t make him Anglo that makes him someone with buck teeth, unless you think Brutus of Troy also swam to japan
>second Augustus looks nothing like the first
It’s the reverse of what normally happens yes, but it shows how different he is now, how alien his politics have become to the senators and equestrians
Are you one of those people who complained that KC:D had no black people in medieval Bohemia?
She doesn't look Med unless you're a clueless Anglo who thinks all non-Nordics look the same, or a retarded Pajeet.
1864 is very reccomended
Dacians are related to Thracians. Not celts.
>Indians did visit Augustus’ court
Source?
While not much the case on /pol/ you do know what r/thedonald is right
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Well where else do you think the Germans got it from, 1864 was less a war about Schleswig Holstein and more a war to obtain the secrets to the cummie maker
>retarded pajeet
She’s neither a milk nor dark chocolate, just tanned
It was b8 you mong
Brutus has crooked, yellow buck teeth, also known as anglo teeth.
Augustus started straightening his hair to make sure everyone knew he was now power-hungry I guess?
The actress who plays Niobe is half indian, half genoan
A history of Rome down to the reign of Constantine / M. Cary and H.H. Scullard
Cary, M. (Max), 1881-1958
Page 496
Odd I remember him just having two stick out when I watched it
Not like I need an excuse to watch it again
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>Augustus started straightening his hair to make sure everyone knew he was now power-hungry I guess?
His statues portray him with straight hair IIRC
I thought you were more talking about the change in eyes and the face being squashed together